Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

A critical, tongue-in-cheek look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell James (aka Discourse Stu), Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
Discord: https://discord.gg/7vRmbRJDgs
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marvelousdeath
Episodes
Episodes
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
[TEASER] Gentrifying Gary, Indiana
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
On the eve of the new year, the gang must improvise a last minute substitute for our delayed She Is Conann episode...Support Marvelous! on Patreon to get the full episode and more!
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Christmas Special 2025: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Does a sequel to a Christmas movie count as a Christmas movie? It doesn't matter! Our patrons voted and Joe Dante's anarchic, loony tunes inspired, ahead of it's time fourth wall breaking creature feature was - to our delight - the winner. Join us in a fun, light episode in which we marvel at amazing creature effects, enjoy beloved character actors, share our favorite of the film's (many) gags, and discuss Robert Picardo's (Star Trek: Voyager) consentual-nonconsent relationship with Greta the Gremlin.Thank you all so, so much for listening and supporting the show. We'll see you next year!
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Jim Locatelli, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, Owen2, and Ronnie Gardocki (who I now know is a character from The Shield).
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Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Avatar: The Way of Water, or Sullys Rizz Together (feat. John DeLillo)
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Trending viral number one podcast Marvelous! Or the Death of Cinema trending viral number one movie Avatar: The Way of Water.
I see you. Yes, you. Eywa knows what you've done and she's ashamed of you. On christmas no less. Do the Na'vi celebrate christmas? Or is it more of a Life Day situation. Your sins aside, we're back on Pandora with our buddy wandering filmic troubadour John Delillo talking the Way of Water. We all loved it even more than we love the idea of having 9 foot tall blue wives (or husbands). Everyone loves a water level, and James Cameron delivers on a real humdinger of one; It's a glazefest folks.
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
National Networks of Abortion Funds
If you enjoy the show please consider:
Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
Joining our Discord.
Checking out our Credits page where you can view a complete list of Patrons.
Leaving a rating and review on your podcast provider of choice.
Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Nicole made me pick the title
Friday Dec 05, 2025
[TEASER] The Marvelous Masks - Episode 1
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Finally, a new adventure in podcasting and a new frontier of Patreon exclusive bonus content: an RPG.
Subscribe to the Patreon to listen to the first part of our campaign, learn how Sailor Honey looses all her clothes, hear more Michael Jackson vocal stims, and unlock more exclusive content.
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
The cynics strike back! Guest Alice Moody joins the gang for the ritual slaughter of a sacred cow, the Widely awarded, critically lauded and enormously popular Everything Everywhere All at Once. Along the way we try and examine what what made this movie so popular, and what puts us in the small minority of people who dislike (or even hate) it - ranging from the writing and production, to it's absurdist and 'metamodern' philosophical underpinnings, and the 'whimsical, sincere' sensibility that seems to rub us the wrong way. Alice's piece, 'Contrarianism Isn't Real'.
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
National Networks of Abortion Funds
If you enjoy the show please consider:
Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
Joining our Discord.
Checking out our Credits page where you can view a complete list of Patrons.
Leaving a rating and review on your podcast provider of choice.
Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Monday Nov 24, 2025
[TEASER] Lynchian Deep Tissue Massage
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Before Nicole and Cole get to discussing Lost Highway (a.k.a. one of the most cursed things ever made) for two hours, Nicole shares a funny Instagram account that made her laugh so hard she drooled on her phone.
Support Marvelous! on Patreon to get the full episode and more!
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Black Adam, or To Egg Fu, Thanks for Everything
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
He was chosen by the Wizard Shazam as a baby boy, messed up his head and even changed the hierarchy of power. More like Brap Adam as the gang dive into The Rock's attempted takeover of Warner Bros.
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
National Networks of Abortion Funds
If you enjoy the show please consider:
Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
Joining our Discord.
Checking out our Credits page where you can view a complete list of Patrons.
Leaving a rating and review on your podcast provider of choice.
Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Monday Nov 10, 2025
[TEASER] Goatse to the New Dimension
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
We delay having to have a conversation about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by positing a new hypothetical nobody else in the world has ever considered: what if goatse was a portal to another dimension?
Subscribe to the Patreon to hear us struggle through as really bad video game movie before we say fuck it and talk about the pleasures of crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and listening to lamentations of their women (but in a woke way).









